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LAwLEssNEss AT Les ANGELES

The destruction of the Chinese quarter
i'll Los Angeles by fire was the result of
incendiarism. There did not appear to be
any whele-heartedness on the part of the
fire department or the people in suppress
ing the conflagration. All the statements
of fact telegraphed indicate that the popu-
lar verdict was let it burn" 1t is any
thing but creditablc to Los Angeles that
this was so. Chinatown there, as every
where else, was undoubtedly a nuisance,
and the city is better eff for It's clearance,
and viii be still more benefited if its re-
building can be lawfully prevented. But
20 promote its burning, and to be inactive
to prevent it, was in the nature of lawless-
ness, and was direct approval Of the work
Of the incendiary. Can Los Angeles afford
to rest under this stigma? Is she pre-
pared to approve this form of mob law and
to say that property possessions in that
city have so feeble tenure of right
that they may be destroyed by
PVfNisi We 10 not
see how any after disclaimer,
however, can lift the odium from the city.
1t remains that quarter occupied by Chi
nese was ruthlessly destroyed, just upon
the heels of the withdrawal of all insurance
underwriting upon the destructible prop
erty of the section 1t will be heralded
abroad as another evidence of the lawless
spirit in California, and will scarcely serve
to impress strangers favorably as to our
ability to preserve the inalienable rights of
men from vicious assault. So, however
the city may physically benefit by the
burning of the Chinese quarter, the moral
effect will remain deplorably bad, and
ought to cause the self-respecting people Of
Los Angeles to blush for shame There
are legal methods that may be effectively
employed to rid cities of notorious NUS
ances. When these are ignored and the
means the ruffian selects are adopted in
stead, it is equivalent to a return to bar
barrie methods and is a reproach to civiliza-
tiou
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"ANTED-SIX MEN TO TEAM AND DO
w ranch work, $50; men for hop ranches, $50;
mixers, $50; also, cooks and walters; also,
men to pile lumber, $50; s girls for homework.
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. Fourth and K streets.
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A Word for the Jury.

EDS. REcoRD-UNToN: Knowing you to be
an advocate of fair play, would like, on
behalf of the jury, to make through your
columns the reply to Mr.. Jones which we
are debarred from making in the Court,
| when he yesterday INDUCED in his philippe
| against US. | was so unfortunate as to be
a member of the first Jury in the Casey
| trial, in company with other citizens OF this
county whose standing and reputation are
at least as good as that of Mr. Jones. So
| far as | know there were neither political
renegades nor professional champions of
| Chinese criminals among them. They
were taken from their business affairs, to
| their great financial loss and inconver.
| fence, herded Tor nine days like a flock of
sheep, greeted with such remarks as
There goes the chain-gang," etc, and
| what is their reward? They are abused by
Mr.. Jones-who by the way, is member
of the Chinese Odd Fellows Lodge in
| Sacramento-and some of the daily papers
because under their oath to render YER
| diet il accordance with the evidence given
them, and the law as laid down by the
Court, they could not conscientiously bring
in verdict of guilty"
Possibly, if it had been the case of some
| Chinese criminal whom Mr. Jones was de-
| Tending, he would not have expressed such
contempt for the jury and its verdict, |
| must admit that l have IN the past criti-
cized the verdicts of juries in other cases,
| but find that the juror who. under oath,
weighs testimony-notin the manner and
expression of witnesses, the cross examina-
| ton, etc.-finds himself on a very different
plane of observation from the person who
reads condensed, and sometimes garbled
| report in the newspapers and if he has
the courage to do what he believes to be his
duty certainly deserves better treatment at
| the hands of the public than to be yilified
and bis motives maligned.
Is there any wonder that good citizens
strive to avoid a duty that entails such
pleasant results2 While we may have
venal jurors, there is very strong indct-
| ment to be found against the methods of
Court procedure, technical delays and rules
of Court and evidence, which are respon-
sible for more miscarriages of justice than
are the juries. | believe that not until the
members of iuries have the right by law to
demand the introduction and allowance of
such evidence as may clear up doubts in
their minds upon vital points in the case
before them, will they be able to render &C
curate and intelligent verdicIs in difficult
cases. Until then they must give the ben
eft of the doubt, as they are instructed 10
do. Many criminals must escape punisl-
ment until the refinements, technicalities
and mice points of law" in which our
legal luminaries so much delight, are done
away with, and cases go to the jury upon
their real merits and with a desire to attain
Justice. | am aware that this will not suit
the lawyers, but | think it will meet with
the Endorsement of the citizens who obey
the laws and pay the taxes. Yours re-
spectfully, ONE OF THE JURY.
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THE JURY MIXERS.

The jury fxers are squirming and de-
mandng to know wlo were the corrupt
men on the Casey july, for instance; they
ire very solicitous that the men should be
named. 1t is an ed game of blufi-noth-
qng more 1t is enc thing to know a fact
for a moral certs.nty; another to be able
to establish before a Sacramento Jury the
facts that fsrtify that knowledge. If
these gentlemen of the panel suppose for
one moment that the RECoRD-UNIoN Is
going to busy itself with their personality,
they are mistaken and can rest in peace,
except their existence becomes incident
ally interesting as illustrative OF the bust
ness of Jury fixing" Nobody has said
that there are not good men upon iuries,
or that they never predominant. 1t sell
dom is the game of the Jury fxer" to
capture the entire panel. Like political
delegations, the boss jury fixers prefer few a
men omany in the panel lists The RECORD
UNION has far more important work to do
in preventing their kind communicating
Judicial atmospheres hereafter. For what
has been done there can be no remedy APP
piled. The jury is an impersonality. Re-
| sponsibility does not attach to it. When
it is dissolved one fights air when he seeks
to wrestle with it. But the RECORD
UNION will do all that in it lies to prevent
| ,I1rx- LOTT = 10
the professional jurymen come to the front
again, it will not hesitate to call public
attention to the fact that the old infiu-
ences are at work The public shall not
lack for information when its interests are
endangered. So far as the past
is concerned the REcoRD-UNIoN
knows that there has been gross corruption
of juries in Sacramento county; that coin
has been paid to secure verdicts; that men
have gone upon panels purposely TO thwart
1.-THE ends of justice; that grossly careless
making up of lists has prevailed; that the
evidences are multitudinous that iuries
have been fixed, and clearances had by
prearrangement. These things are asserted
as facts, and of which the proper officials
can take such notice as they please. But
50 far as this journal is concerned, it will
agitate the question until the public in
formation'upon it is so definite that public
Judgment will compel such modification of
the law as to reduce "jury fixing" to the
minimum, and so far as statutory amend
ment can do, eradicate it. The reproach
now attaching to Sacramento county luries
must be and will be removed and the
jury-fixers might as well make up their
minds now as later on, that their occupa-
TONS gone.
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THE KNIGHTS OF LIQUOR.

1t is to the credit of the Knights of La
Dor chief, Mr.. Powderly, that one of the
Assemblies of the Order should have with
drawn from the organization because he
insists upon strict enforcement of the regu-
lation of the Order that commands sobri-
ETY., and forbids the recognition of liquor
dealing as properly within the lines of in
dustry for which the organization was
erected. 1t will invite the commentator
of the mass of the people. For it is not to
be understood that the Knights of Labor
is a temperance organization. As we read
its regulations, it does not condemn men
simply because of their following, but it
does declare that it cannot successfully adj
vance workingmen upon physical or intel
tectual planes unless they are, in degree
at least, free from the influences of liquor.
And this, we appreheud, noimpartial mind
viii deny.
Powderly is beyond all question right
in insisting shat liquor shall not become
an appreciable factor in the Order of which
he is the head, and which relates solely and
only to the betterment of the working
classes, skilled and unskilled. Sensible
saloon men recognize the entire propriety
of the rule that excludes them. and are
net heard TO complain that they are shut
out of the Order, any more than profes-
sional men, capitalists, bankers, merchants.
and the like, who neither seek nor claim
that they are Disseminated against I'M
fsiriv By exclusion. The chief things in
The Order that have commanded our re-
spect are those which withdraw the work
ing elssses from the influence of the soei-
aiist aud anarchist, and that tend TO pro-
tect the xerkinglaen against himself and
his appet;tss. Al issue with ii rs to many
Of the methods it employs, and seme OF the
doctrines it breaches; believing it to be
m instrument of wrong and oppression
when it assumes 10 dictate to men how
hey shall conduct their business, and
whom they shall not employ. We can still
eeognize in it so mncb of good as we have
mentioned, and which points to the posi-
llhty Of il being made ,ss,ly nsefu, in. !
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ro-pAT,s LEADING NEWS TOPICS

There is some talk of the Northern Pacific
Company securing control of the Union Pacific
The Interstate Commerce Commission has de
cided that commercial travellers are not entitled
TO special fares on railroads.
Some Wyoming officers, in search OF escaped
prisoners, came upon couple of railroad grad
ers and mortally wounded them before discov.
ering their blunder.
Northern and Central California fruits are in
good demand in Chicago.
The funeral Of the late VIZ. II. Parks will take
place to-day in MarysviHe.
In the United States District Court yesterday
the Milton Clgdraulic) Mining Company, al
North Bloomfield was fined $1,000 for contempt
of Court in operating its mines.
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USFouxpEp CHAReEs.-There seems tc

UYFoUYDED CHARGEs.-There seems to
be no doubt that the Examiner unsupported
Prison Commissioner Filcher and exagger-
ated what be said about the evils of the
dark-cell method of punishment in vogue
at Folsom Prison. The use of Mr.. Fitch
er's name gave to the charges the only dig
nifty and credence we attached to them.
As things stand now, it is evident that
Warden MeComb has been slandered, and
that the E.sdBiacr reporter, whoever he is,
who interviewed Mr.. Filcher, should go
into the turf exchange business or some
other occupation more suited TO his talents,
and more in accord with the natural bent
of his mind than journalism SIS r. Re
mort
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81 line e.&ed wriss to wrist upon heavy
chain, or kept in line with lock-step for
exercise. infaa, the California prisoners in
our penitentfaries have altogether too good
time, and their punishment is about the
miItlest Known to pathological science
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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.

Tie RECORD UNIo.s is the only vsper on
The oeast, outside Of San Francisco, that re-
ceiues TIE full Associated Press dispatches from
all parts Of the pOrid. Outside Of San Fran
cisco Il has no competitor, an psint of mum
bers, in its home and general circulation
throughout The coast.
Evening Edition for Northern Cali
fornia and Oregon, issued at z. NJ,
carrying far later news than any
other paper on the coast.
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1t is claimed now that the telephone was
invented in 1886. 1t did not come into
general use, however, because the word
" hello was not invented until some years
after. If you will just try few times you
will understand why it was utterly impos-
sible to run the telephone by saying
Prithee, friend" or 'Odds boddikins
man." or " Give thee good morrow, sirrah.' y
No wonder the telephone was failure
Brdette
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Land Office Matters

The following business was transacted in the
United States Land Office, in this city yester.
day, selden Hetzel, Register:
Agricultural Applications. Bonham.
Oleta, Amador county; II. A. $3.50: allowed and
filed. Francis NJ. Lambert West Point, Gaia.
veras county; II. A. 5,0sl; allowed and filed
Frank Kopp, Drytown, Amador county; H. A.
5,0S2: allowed and fled
Mineral Applications-M. A. !. 637; Mayfiower
Gravel Mining Company, B5ushy mining dis
trict. Placer county; passed: publication or
dered. NJ. A. 1,sSs; Richard Oliver, Grass Val
ley, Nevada county passed; publication or
dered
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SAYS the Napa Reporter: II is more
than probable that this attack on McComb
is being made through purely political
reasons" There have been such things,
you know.
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THE San Francisco -4ha speaks of the
Chicago Times as "the organ of the devil
At least, then, the devil has most vigor-
Gus. outspoken and hard-hitting advocate.
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We have had no recent commission in
this State that has shown more earnest
interest in its work than has the State
Board of Forestry. Its propositions to
patrol wooded regions, encourage tree
planting, establish experimental groves for
tree propagation, to influence the Federal
Government to withdraw certain timber
lands from sale, etc, are all good, and
should receive the encouragement of the
people.
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THE FOLSOM PRISON.
A Card From Mr.. Filcher-He Has Ma,.
but One Statement

Card From Mr.. FiIcher-He Has Made
but One Statement.
The following card was published by Mr..
Filcher in the San Francisco Era,siner, the
paper that first published his statement
concerning the treatment accorded incor-
rigible convicts in Folsom State Prison:
To The Editor ef the Eraminer-SiR: In an edi-
torial to-day on the subject of the Folsom Prison
exposures you refer TO Mr.. Filcher's later"
statement and to his modified statement. |
wish the public to know that have only made
one statement, and that a plain unvaTnished
recital of the facts. In saving this however |
do not wish to infer that my statement has not
been modified by different reporters evidently
according to their respective aims and preju-
dices. have not taken any prisoners state
ment for granted, as General McComb infers,
but have endeavored to hear all sides and ex-
anime for myself, and what have said is based
on what have seen. hope the Examiner and
other papers Will continue to urge their demand
for a thorough and searching Investigation. The
truth can harm no one except those who de-
serve to be harmed, and the matter having been
so far agitated the people are entitled to know
all there is in it. Very respectfully,
J. A. FILCHER,
State Prison Director
Auburn July %, 1887.
Mr.. Filcher asserts in the foregoing card,
as will be seen, that he has "only made
one statement" and this one" was cor
rect. The statement he thus inaorses, it
may be here said, was the one published
by the RECORD UNION, wherein part of the
purported interview in the Exau.iIler was
reproduced and its statements refuted or
corrected by Mr.. Filcher in an in
| terview with a RECORD UNION repre-
sentative. published in the same
issue. Mr.. Filcher, in q conversation
at this Office on the following day, went
through the entire article as reproduced
from the Examiner, and the facts as given
| by this paper, and marked whatever he re-
garded as errors of statement. These cor
rections were entirely of the Examiners
statement, and not a word was changed of
| the statement made by the RECORD UNION.
1t will therefore be seen that the so-called
interview published by the Examiner did
not reflect Director Filcher's views and is,
in the main, reluted by him.
This is also corroborated by the interview
with Director Sonntag, published by the
| Chronicle, which refuted the alleged cruel
treatment of incorrigible prisoners at Fol-
| som. The Chronicle reporter interviewed
Directors Filcher and Devlin at the same
time, and in publishing Mr.. Sonntag's
remarks upon the matter stated that they
were also fully Endorsed by Directors
Filcher and Devlin
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CONCERT THIS EVENING.

AT THE CHRISTIAN CHAPEL, EIGHTH
"A street, between n and 0. The following
Ladies and Gentlemen will take part in the
Entertainment: A. Sanborn, Alex. Cohen,
Sterling Nourse, Prof. Moynahan, Ir. Fay, Mr.
Jeford Mr.. Coats, Mr. Walling; Misses Lillian
Smith, Agnes Etherington. Barber, Mabel
Barnes. Admission. 25c Children l5e iy25-lt
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SAN FRANCISCO AGENCIES.

The paper is for sale at the following places !:
l.. 2. Fisher, Room 81. Merchants Exchange,
who is also Sole Advertising Agent for San
Francisco; Grand and Palace Hotel News
Stands; MerAet-street Ferry and junction of
Market and Montgomery street News Stands.
So Also, for sale on all Trains leaving and
coming into Sacramento.
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Pacific Coast Blood Horse Association Rules
TO govern running races. National Trotting As
ISOLATION hules 10 govern trotting and pacing
races, which are to be best three heats in five.
Entries to all the above races unless other
wise specified, close with the Secretary on We'd
nesday, August 10, 1887. Racing colors to be
named in the entries
For further information address the Secretary.
GALUSHA CARPENTER, Secretary.
iv17-tillavIO
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SEALED PROPOSALS

WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE BOARD OF
w Trustees of the city of Sacramento, until
MONDAY, AUGUST l, 1857, at 10 o'clock A. NJ,
for constructing Sewer in the alley between n
and 0, from Eleventh to Twelfth streets, accord
ing to specifications on file with the Clerk Of
the Board. By order of the Board of Trustees
Sacramento, July q, 1887.
ly26-td JOHN RYAN Street Commissioner
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SEALED pRnpnsAIs

WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE BOARD OF
w Trustees of the city of Sacramento until
MONDAY, AUGUST list. at 10 A. NJ. for improy-
ing Twelfth street, from to L. according to
plans and specifications on file with the City
Auditor. By order of the Board of Trustees
Sacramento. July y. 1887.
iy26td JOHN cyan. street Commissioner
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ORDINANCE NO. 221.

Repeating Section 8. of Chapter W., of
Ordinance No. IL.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY
i of Sacramento do ordain as follows:
SECTION !. Section 5, of Chapter W. of OrCiin-
ance No. IL, is hereby repealed
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect i'm
mediately, EUGENE J. GREGORY,
President of the Board of Trustees
Passed July %, 1887.
iy26-l0t E. II. MCKEE. Clerk
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The painting OF these buildings shall consist
Of two good coats OF the best white lend snd
best linseed oil paint, trimmed in such colorg
as may be directed by the State Board of Capitol
Commissioners. The roofs of said buildings to
be painted with one good coat of freproof paint.
said root paint shall be oil paint. with lead OF
IRON bare, mixed with any hreproof material
satisfactory to said Commissioners
Each bidder must accom- panv his proposal
with bond equal to ten per cent. OF his pro-
posal, with sufficient sureties conditioned that
II said proposal shall be accepted the party pro-
posing Wlll duly enter into proper contract
and faithfully perform his contract in accord
ance with said proposal and the specifications
and descriptions T. T. RANDOLPH
Secretary OF the State Board Of Capitsl COM
nlssioners. iy22piv
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THIRD DAY.

Thursday. ..............-.........Septem LIST.
No. 5-TROTTING; free for all; $50 class ;
mile heats, three in five. Purse, 500.
No. 6.-RUNNING; one half mile and repeat
Free for all three-yea--olGs owned in the
counties of Fl Dorado, A.nador and Calaveras.
Purse $3.50.
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SECOND DAY.
Waflupsdax

nesday 31st.
No. drumming RACE; three-quarter mile
and repeat. Free for ALL Purse. 800.
No. 4.-RUNNiNG single dash of fiveeighths.
Free for all two-year-olds in FL Dorado, ANA
dor ard Calaveras counties. Purse, $50.
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Encampment, No. 2, l. O. o. F., will meet ~ n
IN Encampment Hall, Odd Fellows Tenn y
pie, THIS Tuesday, AFTERNOON at II y
o'clock, to attend the Funeral of our late Patri-
arch j. +: w. MAIER. Visiting Patriarchs are
requested to attend. j. C.. MOORE q p
L. GLOVER, Scribe. iv26 1fs
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ADDITION TO SACRAMENTO.

THE oDELL TRACT, so ACRES ADJOIN-
l. ing the south side of Y street, near Twenty
fourth This tract spleudidly located for a fu-
ture addition to the city, is now offered for the
time of one month, at a very moderate price,
either as a whole or in two pieces of % acres
each. apply to SHERMAN Il PARKER, 1907
Fourth street. If
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FOURTH DAY.

Erludy "a.
No. running; mile and repeat. Free for
all. Purse, 500.
No. STUNNING; one half mile aud repeat
Free for all in the counties of FL Dorado, ANA
dor and Calaveras. Purse, geo.
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Swift and Splendid Racing F.!
SPEED PROGRAMME.
FIRST DAY.


Tuesday August 30th.
No. 1.-RUNNING RACE; fve-eighths and re-
peat. Free FOR all in the District. Purse 500
No. drumming RACE; single dash of one
half mile, for all saddle horses in the District,
without record. Purse, $50.
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NOR SALOON MODERATE TERMS, FOUR
Z lots, S0x160 feet each, on south side OF
block between o and P, Twentieth and Twenty
first streets; one of the most elevated and pleas
ant locations for q residence in the city; short
distance from street railroad. Apply to w. Z.
CHAMBERLAIN, at Bank of D. o. MILLS & co.
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BOILER MAKERS
"anGed.

A T THE RIsD0N IRON WORKS. SAN
n Francisco. Steady Work to good men.
Wages, S. so per day Apply Immediately
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